Tax

Here in Washington there is the lovely sales tax. This is a good way for the state to get some extra money, but unfortunately they don't advertise it, so when people like myself see a price of 1.99 for a toothbrush, we get out the two dollar bills and assume we are okay, but then we are thrown for a surprise when we find that we actually need to come up with an extra 15 cents for tax. As we scramble through our pockets looking for this change, we see other people looking at us funny and feel slow or something. We finally get out the change and end up getting more since we only have quarters. So moral of the story, whenever in Washington CARRY CHANGE! Its huge, with the tax you get all these funky totals you need to come up with.
Today has been pretty productive I went to Jakes World Politics class at which is his Indian Prof. who I think is pretty cool probably because of his Apu-like accent, then I studied for over three hours in the William H. Gates Law Buildings library, probably one of the nicest libraries around. It was sweet. They had all this great technology, for obvious reasons. It was more of taking notes and reading AP Gov. but studied is basically the same thing. After that study session I ate, it was 10 pm. Way late, but I actually wasn't too hungry. So we went to this pizza place thats good and then headed up to see Amy, a friend of jakes. She is seems pretty cool, I heard about some parties and stuff, got a tour of what a nice place on campus looks like. It turns out they aren't all like Jakes 'apartment' which is reassuring, but you also get into much higher rent when you get those types of houses. After that we went and looked at his old house he lived in. It too was nice, but again rent is killer, and while he is in New freaking Zealand he doesn't want to be responsible for paying the steep prices.
Then we came back to his place, which is growing on me, its convenient and everything. He showed me his "Pow'r Deliciousness," a bowl of oatmeal on crack. Its Oatmeal, Yogurt, Peanut Butter, Milk, Orange Juice, and Protein Powder; probably one of the most disgusting things I have seen, but he likes it.
The big deal of today: After Jake got back from his 'quick' dinner with the girl he is dating (I was in the law library studying, he got a call from some random sorority chick of whom he doesn't know, inviting him to a Jr. Cocktail in which he has a pre-set date with another sorority girl, of which he has briefly met, and they dance and stuff. He doesn't really know these people, yet they know of him, and want him to come. He thinks its funny and will go to see what their deal is. His friend Amy said that he just needs to get super drunk to enjoy it. Yep, she's pretty cool. Big deal for me? Did I mention I studied for three hours? Probably the longest time I have ever spent focusing on school. Yes, today was good.